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International
UN’s Guterres calls govts to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems for cooperatives
NEW YORK, September 14, 2023 – The 2023 UN Secretary General’s report on cooperatives in social development has been released. The report sets out the entrepreneurial ecosystem approach as a key way…
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International
Value of mutual collaboration to promote sustainable development recognised at HLPF
NEW YORK – The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives [COPAC] organised, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations, a Voluntary National Review Lab [VNR Lab],…
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Cooperatives & Communities
CoopsDay: Celebrating the power of the cooperative business model to generate sustainable development
BRUSSELS – The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA] in Friday’s press release has confirmed that the global cooperative movement will tomorrow commemorate the 101st International Day of Cooperatives under the slogan “cooperatives for…
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International
NCBA CLUSA’s Cooperative Business School applauded in Costa Rica
SAN JOSE – NCBA CLUSA’s Cooperative Business School [CBS] was recently recognised as a promising “AgTech” and the only virtual learning platform that focuses on agricultural organisations in the region, NCBA CLUSA…
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International
India to host major coffee conference in September
KAMPALA – After the huge success of London [2001], Salvador [2005], Guatemala City [2010] and Addis Ababa [2016], the 5th edition of the World Coffee Conference [WCC] and Expo arrives for the…
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News
ESAFF graduates first cohort agroecology journalists and communicators
KAMPALA: The Eastern and Southern African Small Scale Farmers’ Forum [ESAFF] early this week passed out the first cohort of 20 journalists who completed training on how to report on agroecology practices…
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International
UN debates progress of resolution for SSE and sustainable development
NEW YORK-A multi-stakeholder meeting held on Tuesday brought together civil society and governments at the United Nations [UN] headquarters in New York, to discuss the question: “How can the international recognition of…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 350 farmers register to plant bamboo in Amuru
AMURU – A total of 353 farmers in Lakang Sub-county in Amuru district have registered to join commercial bamboo farming. This follows an initiative by Association of Acholi Environmentalists, a charity group…
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Africa
TUI, ACISA sign MoU for development of cooperative movement in Africa
KAMPALA-The Uhuru Institute for Social Development [TUI] and The Africa Cooperatives Institute of South Africa [ ACISA ] have signed a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] for the development of the cooperative movement…
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Africa
ADF invests over US$ 6mln to strengthen public finance governance in African countries
KAMPALA-The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund [ ADF ] have approved a grant of US$ 6.12 million to help strengthen public finance governance in low-income African countries. The funding…
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